Brief Life History of Solomon
When Solomon Moore was born in December 1835, in Michigan, United States, his father, Hiram Perry Moore, was 28 and his mother, Sally Stewart, was 26. He married Adelia Delia Covert on 26 October 1861, in Lake, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. He lived in Kirtland, Lake, Ohio, United States in 1850 and Ohio, United States for about 39 years. He died on 7 September 1909, in Mentor Township, Lake, Ohio, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Mentor Municipal Cemetery, Mentor, Lake, Ohio, United States.
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- Solomon Morse in household of Hiram Morse, "United States Census, 1850"
- Solomon Moon, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"
- Solomn Moore, "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953"
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1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1837
Michigan is the 26th state.
1860 · Ohio supports the Union side of the Civil War
Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.
Name Meaning
English: from Middle English more ‘moor, marsh, fen’ (Old English mōr), hence a topographic name for someone who lived in such a place, or a habitational name from any of various places called with this word, as for example Moore in Cheshire or More in Shropshire.
English (of Norman origin): ethnic name from Old French more ‘Moor’, either someone from North Africa or, more often, a nickname for someone thought to resemble a Moor. Compare Morrell and Moreau .
English (of Norman origin): from the Middle English personal name More (Old French More, Maur, Latin Maurus), originally denoting either ‘Moor’ or someone with a swarthy complexion (compare Morrell , Morrin , Morris , and sense 2 above). There was a 6th-century Christian saint of this name.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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